Feed trough



G. F. HAUF Aug. 7, 1923.

FEED THOUGH Filed Aug. 10. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheff(l l Aug. 7, 1923.

G. F. HAUF FEED TROUGH Filed Aug. lO. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 www ltlatenteri Aug. 7, i927@ ay e'. L. Las had lil" mi La il."

. AUE, OF CHICLGO, ILLINGESSSEGNOR, IVIESI'E ILSSIGN EQUEPIWENT DEVICES COMBANY, .A

rnnn @nous Application filed August 1G, 1921.

7 ....r of the United States7 s fnp' 'oultrv Transit Co., 1 .99 Fisher y .nicagd inthe countyY of lool* and ot illinois.` have invented a new and useful improvement in Feed Trou 'winch the following is i. spec' rlhis invention relates to 'feed rtroughs and is particularl'jY adapted to be used in cars for shipping live poultry, havino coops arranged in tiers al. each side or the car with a cei'itral a sie between. This invention is fully described in the folloifug s iiecitifiition and shown in the aocompanyin;D .wl--L js, in which:

lligure 1 is a. vertical transverse section through one of the coops showing the feed trough pushed in;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing thel trough drawn into the aisle;

Fig. 8 is a horizontal view of the trough on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1; y

Fig. i is a partial 'front elevation ol the aisle post; and

F ig. 5 is a partial vertical section on the line 5 of Fig. 1.

The coops are supported upon aisle posts and side posts 11 which have angle irons 12 riveted thereto, to which are secured nailing strips 13 to which in turn are nailed the iioor boards 1li.

Top and bottom slats 15 and 16 respectively are secured between the posts 10 and 11. ri`op and bottom guides or guide rods 17 and 18 are secured rigidly to the upper and lower slatsl and 16 respectively near the centers by means of bolts 19. The outer ends 1.9 of thesey rods pass through openings in the side'posts 11. A slide 20 has holes which lit over the parallel horizontal portions of the guide rods 17 and 18.

A trough21 has a Uehaped bar 22 secured at its outer end, which is hinge-diy mounted upon the slide 2G by means of a bolt or rivet 23. Collars 241 are placed upon the outer ends ot the rods 17 and 18 so as to prevent a chic-lens hea-d from being caught and crushed between the slide 2O and the side posts 11.

Thetrough 21 has a deep longitudinal groove 25 at the bottom as' shown in Fig. 5 which fits over the lower guide rod 18 and a notch 26 at the upper outer end of the feed feed

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trough which rod 17. 1

The, inner or aisle end voi' the trough 21 as shown in. Fig l handle win de,J of the o in the aisle pos L. in the hande nal movement of t the coops muv be closed Jer il:

The ends of .neparatory to 0. aL the L tor ses the hzmdie'2'i.` i t" the trough cl. ar of the notches and draws it endwi'se throuoh the openino' 29 until it assumes the po-Y on shown Vinuit".

in which the slide 2O strilresthe bent end oi the guide rods 17 and 18. Until thi point is reached the trough 21 cannot b turned iior the reason that the grooves and 26 engage the horizontal portions or the guide rods 1'1" and 18. ldhen, however. the trough has reached the position shown in F 2 the Vtrough is drawn clear of the guides 17 and 18 and is free to turn about the rivet 23. This trough is preierablv made with semi-cylindrical bottom and with the rivet 23 substantially at theV center of the circle. f

lVith the trough in the position shown in Fig. 2, it can be readily rotated so as to readily dump anything contained therein. By preventing the dumping of the trough until it is withdrawn, a large part of thematerial dumped will he deposited in the aisle of the car where it can ver7 readil57 be removed.. The remainder is dropped upon the licor of the coop where it readily be raked into the aisle.

While l have shown and described but single embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that it is capable of many modifications. Changes, therefore in the construction and `arrangement be made without departing from the spirit and scope ot the invention as disclosed in the appended claims, in which it is my intention to claim all novelty inherent in my invention as broadly as possible in view of the prior art.

`What l claim as new and desire to secure by l etters Patent is z 1. ln a poultry-car containing coops at pposite sides of an aisle having troughinsertion openings in their frames at the aisle, partition members between adjaeent eoops in the saine tier, guides carried by said members, a trough slidable through one oli said openings, a slide slidaJ le onsaid guides, nieans for hingedlyv mounting the outer end of said trough on said slide, and a groove in said trough engaging one of said guides for said nienibers, a slide slidable on said guides,

, a trough pirotally inounted on said slide Vto Vzo turn snout a longitudinal axis and means enna-Qing one of said guides for preventing e i trough from being` turned until it is aartially Withdrawn. 3, In a poultry-ear containing @oops at o'iposite sides of an aisleV having troughinsertion' openings in their trames at the aisle, a guide mounted between adjacent Cooles and having` a. longitudinal leg, a slide insee-,ee

slidable on said leg, a trough hingedly mounted on said slide and means on said troulhpfor nengaging:said guide to prevent nie trough iroin turning.

ln a poultry-ear containing eoops at opposite'sides ot an aisle having troughinsertion openings in their traines at' the aisle, a guidel inounted between adjacent eoops and liavin'ar longitudinal leg, slide slidable on said leg, a trough liingedlgT mounted on said slide and a groove on said rough for engaging said guiderto prevent l, ze trough troni turning.

5. ln a poultry-ear containing @oops at f osite sides et an aisle havinY trough-insertion o1 enings in their iiranies at the aisle s, yguide mounted between adjacent @oops and havin(TY longitudinal leg, a slide slid- Yable on said leg, a trough liing'edl)T mounted on said slide and groove on said Vtrough engaging said guide `for prei-.renting the trough troni turning when the trough is pushed in, saidv groot/'e being disengaged from said guide When thev trough is Withdrawn predetermined amount.

GEORGE l?. HAUT. 

